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scottjmurray
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 Posted - 01/18/2008 : 13:20:30
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So, I'm going to write out a full article on this sometime this weekend, but I thought I should throw down my outline. Some of you who are struggling might find this helpful:
1. Focus on resolving emotional issues
You don't have to fix every single emotional issue in order to get over TMS. We don't know what's going on inside the subconscious all the time, so obsessing over figuring out and fixing every little problem actually plays into the distraction strategy your brain has concocted. It's trying to keep you distracted from your day-to-day existence, and if you're completely wrapped up in finding sources of rage all day then it's just going to keep doing what it's always done. Remember you life? Go back to that.
2. Challenging your symptoms in extreme ways
There's a reason Sarno writes about "returning to NORMAL activity." Don't push yourself. Don't do anything crazy. Just go back to how you would live your life if there wasn't anything wrong with you (which by the way, there isn't).
3. Forgetting you're battling your OWN subconscious
I think it was QSO that wrote about this, but your brain is a master of trickery. It knows all your fears, your beliefs, what can and can't distract you, and so on. It is you. It has every little bit of information about you at its fingertips, and it WILL use it to take you down. It knows what can freak you out, and so it will use that, because when you're freaking out you are very distracted. It's only goal is to keep you consciously occupied, so if you want to beat it you need to stop being distracted. You need to outsmart yourself, essentially.
Hope this clears some stuff up.
Author of tms-recovery.com
A collection of articles on emotions, lifestyle changes, and TMS theory. |
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qso
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2008 : 20:45:53
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Look forward to the article-you should put them all in a book. There is too much bad information out there and, as many TMS sufferers have realized, bad information is like gasoline for TMS. This is actually quite a bizarre phenomenon, with the implication that the internet has probably played a large part in spreading this unfortunate human condition since there is way more bad information out there than good. This form of spreading illness and on such a scale with this intangible medium (bad information) is probably unprecedented in human history. Hooking onto a piece of bad information and/or getting a physical treatment for the unwary TMS sufferer is like holding a lit match to the gasoline. Lethal.
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Chip
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Posted - 01/21/2008 : 02:02:54
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Scott,
I just wanted to thank you for your website. It is very informative and I think much of what you say is excellent advice. Keep up the good work! |
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Wavy Soul
USA
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Posted - 01/21/2008 : 09:50:57
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Scott - yes, I agree on both "mistakes."
The thing about the brain needing to outwit itself is quite brilliant. (BTW, can you check your e-mail and answer my question?)
QSO - does that stand for Quite Some Other? Yes, isn't it true that these "thought viruses" (a.k.a. memes) about illness spread even more effectively these days because of the web. All the more reason for us to spread our counter-memes. I am writing a book about all this stuff.
Help! My brain is having a hard time outwitting itself right now. I'm 3 weeks into a bad flu that has me splatted. I know that emotional stuff opened the door to this - I hardly ever get flu - but it now feels as though a "real" thing is happening over which I have absolutely no control, and after 3 weeks, it's having quite an intense effect on my life. I work freelance and it feels a bit ... aarrrghhh! .... before I make up some story I think I'll just acknowledge how pissed I am. Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!
That feels better. Thanks for listening.
xx
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qso
USA
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Posted - 01/21/2008 : 20:43:59
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Good guess but QSO are just things that have provided some sort of a living for me - Quasi Stellar Objects or quasars. Things that people thought were stars when they were discovered because they looked like stars, but actually turned out to be completely different beasts- massive outpourings of energy fueled by stuff feeding a black hole. Anyway, the 'things are not always what they seem' aspect is the connection with TMS.
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scottjmurray
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Posted - 01/22/2008 : 00:22:54
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. This form of spreading illness and on such a scale with this intangible medium (bad information) is probably unprecedented in human history.
I KNOW. It completely disgusts me. I want nothing more than to take down the entire modern medical system and build a new paradigm in its ashes. It's ridiculous.
I am actually planning on putting an eBook together this summer. Maybe even a realBook.
Wavy - Yes, sorry. I've been sooo busy this weekend I'll get back to you now.
Author of tms-recovery.com
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DitaH
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Posted - 01/27/2008 : 04:24:04
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Yeah guys, good to read this stuff.
I had my first realisation / battle and win with tMS about a year ago, and have just had the occasional niggle since then. What I found was that once I was really getting better, doing things that reminded me of it (like visiting this forum unfortunatley) would only bring it back again. I guess the forum needs to be manned by people who have experienced TMS but can keep it at bay... or maybe it's just me that gets like that?
Anyway, just fresh into this new year and my lower back / wrist pain came back on again! yes, the rage to sooth ratio in my head must have tipped back the other way. Now I'm back reading and journalling again and managing to progressively get rid of the symptoms, which mostly come at my new job - where I'm now a senior consultant in charge of people, higher up the ladder than last year, and thus with more stress. I'm also moving country in July, back to Australia (lived in London UK for 10 years) and this project is bringing with it a whole pile of stress and planning etc etc.
Today is the first time I've come back on the site again and I'm glad it's still kicking along. Am going to have a look at some of the other new sites etc this morning. Definitely agree with the thrust of your advice, though, once you are on the road to recovery you've got to focus your mind on what you are doing and just get on with it. This focussing of this mind is akin to what some Zen buddists say is the key to enlightenment. The ordinary mind is the way. Just focus you mind on whatever you are doing at the time. I was also repressing a lot of my emotions and now I just become aware of them and acknowledge them (or more often than not just express myself!)
Best wishes to everyone on here
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